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Top left: Rajendra Prasad was the first and longest-serving President of India. Top right: Zakir Husain was the first from a minority religion to become President of India. Bottom left: Pratibha Patil was the first female President of India. Bottom right: Droupadi Murmu is the current President and the first President from the tribal community.
A senior leader of the Indian National Congress, following India's independence, he became the first Minister of Education in the Indian government. He is commonly remembered as Maulana Azad; the word Maulana is an honorific meaning 'Our Master' and he had adopted Azad (Free) as his pen name.
Muhammad Ali was born in 1878 at Rampur in North-Western Provinces, British India. [4] [8] [9] He was born to a wealthy family with roots in the city of Najibabad.His father, Abdul Ali Khan, died when he was five years old.
Rajendra Prasad (3 December 1884 – 28 February 1963) was an Indian politician, lawyer, journalist and scholar who served as the first president of India from 1952 to 1962. He joined the Indian National Congress during the Indian independence movement and became a major leader from the region of Bihar .
His colleague, Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk] established Urdu Defence Association, committed to the perpetuation of Urdu and became its founding president. [7] [8] To Muslims in northern and western India, Urdu had become an integral part of political and cultural identity. However, the division over the use of Hindi or Urdu further provoked communal ...
Zakir Husain Khan (8 February 1897 – 3 May 1969) was an Indian educationist and politician who served as the 2nd Vice President of India from 1962 to 1967 and 3rd president of India from 13 May 1967 until his death on 3 May 1969.
In December 1919, Nehru's father was elected president of the Indian National Congress in what is regarded as "the first Gandhi Congress". [41] During the non-cooperation movement launched by Gandhi in 1920, Nehru played an influential role in directing political activities in the United Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh ) as provincial Congress ...
Mohani was a member of the Indian National Congress for many years and also joined the All India Muslim League, serving as its president in 1919. He opposed the partition of India . [ 14 ] [ 15 ] After the declaration of the Partition Plan on 3 June 1947, Mohani resigned as a member of the All India Muslim League and when the division of the ...